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Ed Balls’ brilliant Gangnam Style moment cheers the world up

Ed Balls’ brilliant Gangnam Style moment cheers the world up

Has your jaw lifted off the floor yet? Well, you're probably not alone...

Ben Dowell

Published: Sunday, 13 November 2016 at 6:00 am

It was the dance to end all dances. It was the moment the jaws of (I’m guessing) pretty much everyone in the country hit the floor and the words “Am I really seeing this?” were heard across the land.

Yes it was Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style Salsa and Strictly Come Dancing will never be the same again.

For weeks now Ed's been steadily growing a devoted following online but, as we reported earlier, the former Cabinet Minister and his partner Katya Jones came fairly close to breaking the internet with his week 8 Strictly Come Dancing routine.

The former Labour Shadow Chancellor was put through his paces in a Gangnam Style Salsa, choreographed by Jones.

And here it is again.

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The ballroom audience adored it, even if judges Craig, Darcey, Bruno and Len only awarded it 25 points leaving Ed at the bottom of the leaderboard. And across Britain there was the same reaction. Total love.

Jack Whitehall wondered if it was a master plan to cheer the world up in the light of - ahem - recent world events:

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As did Piers Morgan: